[Grassland/0090-1144-3656 (Lu Heng): Senior, did you take off on a rocket?]
Out on the Grassland, Lu Heng, who had just broken through to qi refining sixth tier, sent Ye Fei a morning greeting.
He had felt much stronger than before and was getting ready to head out and test his blade on the nearby Leopard Pack.
He had thought reaching over seventy combat power was already the result of considerable effort and had planned to show off to his senior over breakfast, only to find himself utterly outclassed.
Not long ago, he had been much stronger than this senior, yet now he had suddenly been overtaken. He was a little dazed...
[Me: It's still the reward from the earlier disaster phase. I'm too weak myself, so after each improvement, I have to rest for a few days before continuing. It's so hard.]
Leaning against a tree trunk and eating Spicy Sea Serpent Jerky, Ye Fei replied to his junior schoolmate in a very good mood.
He was finally no longer the weakest among his friends!
Although he had a spirit tool's bonus, that belonged to him too, so it didn't count as cheating. Absolutely not!
[Grassland/0090-1144-3656 (Lu Heng): I'd wanted to show off a little, but that's out the window now. Senior, you really aren't afraid of pain or exhaustion. You actually advanced an entire tier overnight...]
His junior schoolmate Lu Heng finished his Mutton Soup and sat on his courtyard wall, looking out over the Grassland. Even the mutton jerky in his mouth no longer seemed appetizing.
Twelve successful rounds of body tempering overnight, plus one breakthrough-even if every attempt succeeded, the process definitely couldn't have been easy.
His own aptitude should have been fairly decent, but the one time he had tried